Chip comparison
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs SambaNova SN40L
Side-by-side specs
Straight from each vendor's datasheet. Winner in bold: higher throughput, memory, or transistor count; lower power draw or price. Sparse (2:4) throughput roughly doubles the FP8/INT8 numbers shown.
| Field | Cambricon MLU370-X8 | SambaNova SN40L |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | TSMC N5 |
| TDP | 250 W | 700 W |
| Memory | 48 GB LPDDR5 | 1500 GB DDR5 (three-tier: 64 MB SRAM + 64 GB HBM3 + 1.5 TB DDR5) |
| FP16 (dense) | 96 TFLOPS | 638 TFLOPS |
| FP8 (dense) | — | 1,250 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 256 TOPS | — |
| Form factor | PCIe | PCIe (SN40L DataScale system) |
| Announced | 2022-03-25 | 2023-09-19 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-01 |
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Common questions
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs SambaNova SN40L: which is faster for training?
SambaNova SN40L has 13.02x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 96 TFLOPS; SambaNova SN40L: 1,250 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs SambaNova SN40L: which has more memory?
SambaNova SN40L carries more HBM (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 48 GB LPDDR5; SambaNova SN40L: 1500 GB DDR5 (three-tier: 64 MB SRAM + 64 GB HBM3 + 1.5 TB DDR5)). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs SambaNova SN40L: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Cambricon MLU370-X8 0.38 (96 ÷ 250 W); SambaNova SN40L 1.79 (1,250 ÷ 700 W). SambaNova SN40L wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · Cambricon MLU370-X8 full page · SambaNova SN40L full page.